GURMANKIN v. COSTANZO

No. 79-1927.

626 F.2d 1132 (1980)

Judith GURMANKIN, on behalf of herself and all other persons similarly situated, Appellant, v. Matthew COSTANZO, Superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia; Murray Bookbinder, Executive Director of Personnel and Labor Relations; Martin K. Ferrier, Director of Professional Personnel; and Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan M. Stein (argued), Community Legal Service, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

Robert T. Lear (argued), Asst. Gen. Counsel, School Dist. of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before HUNTER, VAN DUSEN and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

This is the third occasion this court has considered an aspect of this litigation. On the first appeal, dealing with the liability issue, we affirmed the holding of the trial court that the policy of the School District of Philadelphia1 which excluded blind teachers from teaching sighted students in the public schools violated the due process rights of appellant, Judith Gurmankin...

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